Nonstop flight route between Columbia, California, United States and Lompoc, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Columbia Airport (COA), Columbia, California, United States and Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG), Lompoc, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 228 miles (or 367 kilometers).

A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the relatively short distance between Columbia Airport and Vandenberg Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Columbia Airport (COA):

• The furthest airport from Columbia Airport (COA) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 11,273 miles (18,143 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• In addition to being known as "Columbia Airport", other names for COA include "none" and "O22".
• Columbia Airport (COA) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Columbia Airport (COA) is Modesto City-County Airport (MOD), which is located 41 miles (65 kilometers) SW of COA.

Facts about Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG):

• 21st Space Operations Squadron
• General Cooke was a cavalry officer whose military career spanned almost half a century, beginning with his graduation from West Point in 1827 to his retirement in 1873.
• The closest airport to Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG) is Lompoc Airport (LPC), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) SE of VBG.
• In addition to its military mission, the base also leases launch pad facilities to SpaceX, as well as 100 acres leased to the California Spaceport in 1995.
• 30th Operations Group
• In addition to being known as "Vandenberg Air Force Base", another name for VBG is "Vandenberg AFB".
• Four years later the military returned to Camp Cooke.
• The furthest airport from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,479 miles (18,473 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• Vandenberg AFB is a Department of Defense space and missile testing base, with a mission of placing satellites into polar orbit from the West Coast, using expendable boosters.